My ipod broke yesterday so I had to go to the Mac store to get it replaced today and was unable to write about last night's show at the Forum. The crowd was smallish, around twenty to thirty people, but they weren't too rough. My set went alright, and both David Beck (the feature) and Dan O'Sullivan said I did well, which is cool. I was under the assumption that I was just filling in for one night there so I didn't think I was emceeing Friday's shows. However, I called today to make sure and Al said I could come out tonight, so I got to perform tonight too.
The first show tonight was flat-out amazing. I got applause breaks, had a great time, and during my PANTS joke, some lady in the front row was so startled that she knocked her drinks menu and schedule into the air. I finished the joke and then apologized to her (priorities: Jokes first, manners eventually). The second show tonight was drastically different, we had fifteen people, so I kept it real conversational and got audible laughs. Both David and Dano did well, but they were both joking about the strain that an audience that small can put on a comedian. David gave me some ideas for my Sam's Club DVDs bit, and Dano had some really cool things to say about me; that my stage presence has really evolved and that I'm doing really well. He was very complimentary of my hosting, which feels even better than the audiences' reactions. I'm doing a one-nighter tomorrow with Joe Lehnig, Gabriel Kea, Ryan Swaar and Chris Spreyer in Illinois, so I won't be able to finish out the week at the Forum. I'd love to keep working with David and Dano, but I'm looking forward to the bowling alley. Hopefully it will be a good show, or at the very least I'll get an interesting story to tell.
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